Sickle hanger



muy 1w, ma, llwmm C. BENSON SICKLE HANGER Filed Feb. 14, 1922 PatentedJuly l?, ki923 intatti CARL BENSON, OF YOUMAN, COLORADO.

- sIcKLE HANGER.. l

f To all whom/1 may concern:

l Be it known that I, CARL BENSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youman, vin the county of Gunnison and State of Colorado,have invented a new and useful Sickle Hanger, ofgwhich the following isAa specification.' l

The objects of my invention are to produce a' device in which the sickleof a mowing machine can be sharpened more easily and quickly than by anyexisting machine or method. This is accomplished by means of -anarrangement in which fthe weight of the sckle is balanced by an equalweight, thereby 'making it possible to sharpen the sickle by merelyguiding it over the grind stone. Also that the sickle can be held in anyangle or dii'ection,-so that the cutting edge of each tooth can beapplied to theface of the grind-stone. This arrangement is particularlyadapted yto the requirements of the farmer doing the work alone. 4Iattain this object by means of the device illustrated in the'accompanying drawing in which:

The ligure is a side elevation.

A The legs or standards 1, and the rail 2 secured to the legs constitutethe frame work.

A cable or rope 5 is provided at its two ends Awith suitable holders 7,adapted to connect to the ends of a sickle bar, said cable or rope 80drawn thru two double pulleys 3 and a pulley et attached to a weight 6.The double pulleys 3 are movable on the rail 2, said rail is bentupwards at its ends to prevent thev pulleys from running oli. The weightG is suflicient to counter-balance the weight of the sickle-bar. 'i

By means of this arrangement the sickle bar may be easily raised orlowered to the desired position for grinding-and any por- @0 tion of thesickle bar can be applied directly to the face of the grind-stone.

' Having described my invention I claim: In a sickle-hanger, thecombination' of an overhead rail, separate double pulleys free on therail, a sickle holding cable on the pulleys., a counter-weight suspendedon the cable. between the double pulleys, the said weight tocounter-balance the weight of the sickle; the saidv double-pulleys beingfree to move `on a railing, substantially as shown and described.

cant Benson.

